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State Eleventh Amendment Sovereign Immunity: Seminole Tribe v. Florida, 116 S.Ct. 1114 (1996) (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date April 19, 1996
Report Number 96-353
Report Type Report
Authors M. Maureen Murphy, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

this report summarizes the Supreme Court's decision in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, __U.S.,__, 116 S.Ct. 1114 (1996), holding unconstitutional the provision of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1998, Pub. L. 100-487, 102 Stat. 2467, 25 U.S.C., Sections 2701 et seq., that authorized an Indian tribe to sue a state in federal court to compel a tribal-state compact for Class III or casino-type gaming.